Ulster County Democratic chairman 'very unhappy' with town cross-endorsement of James Quigley

KINGSTON, N.Y. - Ulster County Democratic Party Chairman Frank Cardinale said he is unhappy about the town of Ulster Democratic Committee cross-endorsement of Republican Town Supervisor James Quigley for re-election next month.

Cardinale said it was "very poor judgment"for Quigley to seek salary increases for department heads and himself given the status of the local economy.

"On the heels of the supervisor asking for upwards of 15 percent increases in salary to most, not all of the town elected officials, I think it is extremely unfortunate and I am very saddened by the fact that because they cross-endorsed Jim, people may view that as us being a party to this and, I can assure you, that from the (county) committee's perspective, that is clearly not the case," Cardinale said.